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Scott Misico, supervisior, Fleet Management, says the system alerts officers when someone is approaching from the vehicle's blindspot when they are parked and working on a laptop or are otherwise distracted.
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Footage from a news helicopter showed that the driver of the tractor-trailer appeared to intentionally block the suspect.
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Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s call for police policy changes comes four years after the U.S. Justice Department recommended in a report about CPD’s practices that it adopt a foot pursuit policy.
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Former Williamson County sheriff's Deputies J.J. Johnson and Zach Camden are charged with manslaughter after they chased Javier Ambler II, 40, in a 2019 pursuit that started because he failed to dim his headlights, and then used Tasers on him repeatedly while he gasped that he could not breathe and had congestive heart failure. Ambler died minutes later.
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Deputies say the suspect was going about 80 to 90 mph during the chase, even on two-lane roads. He reportedly was also going into the opposite lane at high speeds into oncoming traffic.
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The 2021s F-150 Police Responder pickup’s standard 3.5-liter EcoBoost engine produces 400 horsepower, and its 500 foot-pounds of torque tops all pursuit-rated police vehicles. The engine is paired with a 10-speed SelectShift automatic transmission—both calibrated to meet rigorous law enforcement use while enabling speeds significantly higher than a stock F-150.
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According to Cabarrus County deputies, the suspect drove off during a traffic stop. They said he eventually stopped and ran into his home. A gun was reported found inside his car.
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On the same day the FOP issued the statistics, Decatur County (GA) Sheriff's Lieutenant Justin Bedwell succumbed to a gunshot wound he suffered during a vehicle pursuit.
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According to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, the shooting happened near U.S. Highway 84 and State Road 310 on Saturday, stemming from a car chase that began in Seminole County.
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Blaine, MN, police say officers first responded to a report of a shoplifting at a Kohl’s just before 1 p.m. Officers soon located the suspects in a stolen car. They drove off, then reportedly carjacked the driver of a pick-up truck at gunpoint and fled north on Highway 65.
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